Schumann/Brahms Lieder

Brigitte Fassbaender | Elisabeth Leonskaja

Because Fassbaender is such an idiosyncratic singer, none who loves her art will want to be without this fresh manifestation...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1994

Brahms Symphony No 1; Schumann Manfred Overture

London Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi

Jarvi's Brahms symphony cycle ends with a version of Symphony No. 1 recorded at earlier sessions than the three later...

Reviewed in issue 5/1989

Igor Oistrakh in Recital

Igor Oistrakh | Natalia Zertsalova

Although he has made some fine records, Igor Oistrakh must always have sensed his father's shadow somewhere in the background...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1994

Varvara Tarasova: Schumann & Brahms

Varvara Tarasova

A native of St Petersburg, Varvara Tarasova studied at the Moscow Conservatory and, more recently, at London’s Royal College. She took...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW17

SCHUMANN Quartet BRAHMS Quintet

Alexander Chaushian | Boris Brovtsyn | Diemut Poppen | Hrachya Avanesyan | Yevgeny Sudbin

There’s no lack of personalities on display here, but unlike the recent Trout Quintet, indubitably led by Anne-Sophie Mutter (DG,...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2018

History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vols 1-3 (The Brahms Trio)

Brahms Trio

These three discs recorded by The Brahms Trio are sure to make some listeners ask: ‘What is Russian in this...

Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 06/2021

Heifetz Collection, 1917-72

''One of the great things about Jascha Heifetz,'' said violinist Aaron Rosand in a recent interview, ''... is that, musically...

Reviewed in issue 11/1994

Schumann Lieder

Brigitte Fassbaender | Erik Werba

In 1977 Fassbaender was at an early peak of her career, fêted in Vienna, Munich and Salzburg. That year she...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/2005

Brahms/Schumann Piano Quintets

Artis Qt | Stefan Vladar

The aggressively snatched opening challenge of the Schumann Quintet made me fear the worst. But though the tempo for this...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/1994

Schumann Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1

London Symphony Orchestra | Lorin Maazel | Uri Segal | Vladimir Ashkenazy

Both these Ashkenazy recorded performances have stood the test of time, and both recordings were originally, first class, so that...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/1987